getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle() shows nothing

Question

I'm trying to show a subtitle in the toolbar but nothing happens:

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
setTitle("my title");
getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle("my subtitle");

Title is shown properly but subtitle doesn't.

EDIT

It works in another activities, but I have a CollapsingToolbarLayout in this one, so I think is due to that:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/main_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
            android:id="@+id/appbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="256dp"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"

            android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

            <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
                android:id="@+id/collapsing_layout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
                app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
                app:expandedTitleMarginEnd="64dp"
                app:expandedTitleMarginStart="48dp"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed">

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/usr_imageview"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
                    android:scaleType="centerCrop"
                    app:layout_collapseMode="parallax" />

                <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                    app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
                    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">

                </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

            </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

last line should be `activity.getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle("my subtitle");` — nshmura, Aug 13 '16 at 09:06
@bigdestroyer where do you have this code and what is activity? — Raghunandan, Aug 13 '16 at 09:12
@Raghunandan sorry, it was an error. I'm doing that in onCreate activity method — Héctor, Aug 13 '16 at 09:13
Possible duplicate of [Android Material with Extended Toolbar](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26517166/android-material-with-extended-toolbar) — Kaushik, Aug 13 '16 at 09:38
@bigdestroyer please review your code .I think sloppy mistake — IntelliJ Amiya, Aug 13 '16 at 09:59

Sohail Zahid · Answer 1 · 2016-08-13T09:11:29.440

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Do like this setSubtitle(CharSequence subtitle) add add it.

        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);

        // Title and subtitle
        toolbar.setTitle(R.string.about_toolbar_title);
        toolbar.setSubtitle("My Subtitle");

        activity.setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Android official docs.

edited Aug 13 '16 at 09:11

answered Aug 13 '16 at 09:03

Sohail Zahid

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '16 at 09:08

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Try this

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) activity.findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
activity.setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
setTitle("my title");
toolbar.setSubtitle("my subtitle");

You need to setSubtitle to toolbar.

answered Aug 13 '16 at 09:08

V-rund Puro-hit

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '16 at 09:20

use below code without using Toolbar

 try{
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Title");
        getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle("Sub Title");
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    }
    catch (Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 13 '16 at 09:33

Try with this. Make sure you are using an AppCompatActivity.

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar)findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

        getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Toolbar example");
        toolbar.setSubtitle("Here you go");

    }

getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle() shows nothing

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